Exclusive Rights: Beat Licence Agreement (template)

1. Fee

Licensee shall pay Producer a one-off fee of £[AGREED FEE] (the "Fee"). Any amount Licensee previously paid for a non-exclusive lease of the Beat will be credited against the Fee.

2. Grant of exclusive rights

On receipt of the Fee, Producer grants Licensee the exclusive, worldwide, perpetual right to use the Beat to create, record, reproduce, distribute, perform, broadcast, stream, synchronise and otherwise commercially exploit new musical works and master recordings incorporating the Beat (each a "New Song"), with no limit on copies, streams, videos, radio or performances.

Producer will remove the Beat from sale and will not license it to anyone else from the Effective Date.

3. Prior non-exclusive licences

Licensee acknowledges that the Beat may have been licensed on a non-exclusive basis before the Effective Date. Those licences remain valid under their original terms until they expire and cannot be renewed or upgraded. Producer will provide a list of prior licences on request.

4. Files

Producer will deliver: untagged MP3, untagged 24-bit WAV and full trackout stems of the Beat, and on request the project notes/tempo map.

5. Ownership

Producer retains copyright in the underlying musical composition of the Beat. Licensee owns the master recording(s) of the New Song(s). [OPTIONAL: Producer assigns to Licensee all rights in the sound recording of the Beat as embodied in the New Song.]

6. Publishing and royalties

The composition of each New Song shall be owned [50]% by Producer and [50]% by Licensee and co-writers, and each party collects its share through its own PRO/publisher. [OPTIONAL: Producer shall receive a master royalty of [X]% of net receipts / [X] points from the exploitation of the New Song.]

7. Credit

Licensee shall credit Producer as "Prod. by Samu Soul" on all releases and in all metadata where the platform allows.

8. Content ID

Licensee may register the New Song (not the Beat on its own) with Content ID and similar systems, provided Licensee promptly releases any claims against Producer and against holders of prior non-exclusive licences listed under clause 3.

9. Restrictions

• Licensee may not resell or re-license the Beat as an instrumental on its own.
• Licensee may not use the Beat to train AI/ML models.
• Licensee may not claim sole authorship of the composition.

10. Warranties, liability and law

Producer warrants that it owns the Beat and that it contains no uncleared samples. Each party indemnifies the other for losses caused by its own breach. This Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Signed by both parties:

• Producer: ______________________ Date: __________
• Licensee: ______________________ Date: __________